Road Salt is Polluting Fresh Water

Salt keeps us safe on icy roads — but it’s also quietly harming waterways.

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Organic matter transport in New York City drinking-water-supply watersheds

Kaplan, L.A., J.D. Newbold, D.J. Van Horn, C.L. Dow, A.K. Aufdenkampe, and J.K. Jackson. 2006. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:912–927.

Development of an unattended estuarine nutrient monitoring program using ferries as data-collection platforms

Ensign, S.H., and H.W. Paerl. 2006. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 4(10):399–405.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Connecting streams, science, and communities

Travers, K., and C. Medved. 2006. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the North American Association of Environmental Education, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Survey and relocation study of unionids in Chickasawhatchee Creek and Elmodel Wildlife Management areas, southwest Georgia

Golladay, S.W., and T.K. Muenz. 2006. Final Report. Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

Bacterioplankton community in Chesapeake Bay: predictable or random assemblages

Kan, J., B.C. Crump, K. Wang, and F. Chen. 2006. Limnology and Oceanography 51:2157–2169.

Tioga County EPA Grant to Study Effects of Acid Mine Drainage

Stroud Center scientists will investigate the relationship between acid mine drainage and the ability of streams to process nitrogen and other nutrients.

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Featured Initiatives and Partnerships

WikiWatershed® web tools offer watershed data visualization, geospatial analysis capabilities, and science-based predictions of human impacts on stormwater runoff and water quality.

The Water Quality mobile app is a water-monitoring data-collection and learning tool designed for use by educators and their students, citizen scientists, and researchers.

EnviroDIY™ is a community where members ask and answer questions and network within interest groups to develop do-it-yourself environmental science and monitoring devices.

The Society for Freshwater Science Taxonomic Certification Program ensures skilled persons are providing aquatic invertebrate identifications in North America.

The Leaf Pack Network® is an international network of teachers, students, and citizen monitors using a simple experiment to determine the health of their local streams.

The Consortium for Scientific Assistance to Watersheds provides free technical assistance to Pennsylvania-based watershed and conservation organizations.